Bulgarian Ministry of Justice: Nikola Gruevski has not become a Bulgarian citizen

15 November 2018 | 10:38 | FOCUS News Agency

Source: Focus Information Agency

Sofia. Nikola Gruevski has not become a Bulgarian citizen and has not applied for Bulgarian citizenship, said the press office of the Ministry of Justice in response to media reports that Macedonia's former prime minister Nikola Gruevski has fled to Hungary with a Bulgarian passport. The ministry also stated that according to the Ministry of the Interior, Gruevski has not been issued a Bulgarian passport.

Skopje. Macedonia's former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, who has been sentenced to a two-year jail term for abuse of power, said Tuesday he was in Hungary where he has requested political asylum, AFP reported.
Macedonian authorities on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Gruevski, 48, after he failed to turn up to jail to serve his sentence.
"I am now in Budapest, where I have requested political asylum from the Hungarian authorities," Gruevski wrote on his official Facebook page.